Stade de Reims logically lost at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium on the previous day (3-1). However, the Rémois opened the scoring against the run of play, leading 0-1 at the break.
Despite everything, in this match, Reims never seemed able to compete with Saint-Étienne, clearly ahead in the game then on the scoreboard (3-1).
In a pre-match press conference, before discussing the reception of OGC Nice on the occasion of the 17th day of the French Ligue 1 Championship, Valentin Atangana Edoathe defensive midfielder from Stade de Reims returned to the poor performance recorded against the Greens, explaining that the Rémois had approached this match thinking that it would be easy and that despite a first half where they were manhandled, the Champenois returned to the field with the same lightness which was therefore fatal to them.
“We talked about it with the players, with the staff. We know that what we produced against Saint-Étienne, it is not possible to reproduce that. Now, we have the chance to be able to bounce back against Nice this weekend. I think we approached this match badly, we thought it was going to be easy. Despite the fact that we were ahead at half-time (editor’s note: 0-1), we came back. changing rooms thinking once again that it would be Behind, they came back, took the lead and won this match. This was seen against Saint-Étienne, when we are not at our best, we pay for it. of Reims, we have to be at our best all the time to win the match (… We have to forget the Saint-Étienne match and get back on a good footing.”
